Yes, I follow the U19' and also the U16's , attending a few matches during the year. I am no sure if there are many on here though that also watch them.
As you say, it's not been a great year for the U19's. One of the problems is the fact that we only have 6 players in the older age group and I am pretty sure we have only ever fielded a maximum of 5 of those together at any one time. Only one prop in there as well (Olmez). In addition, 5 of those players have been brought in from other SL Academy squads, only Robson has come through our Academy, so you get the impression that we have had to draft players in to form that older age group.
The future looks a lot brighter with the younger age groups though, we have had a very talented set of U16's this year, 9 of whom have signed contracts for next year. Four of them played for England Youth v France last month. In addition we have signed 3 more U16's from Leeds, Wigan and Hudds. Scholarship sides (all of whom played for England Youth this year). Then there is the current first year U19's, they are also pretty good and rather than being slowly introduced into the matches this year, have made up more than half of the team each week. Most people will be aware of Eribe Doro, but Jack Wright, Cole Oakley, Liam Brinksman - well pretty much all the 1st years are a really good group tbh.
Next year should show us a very competitive squad with some exciting talent coming through, but I wouldn't be surprised if other than Johnson, we don't retain any of the current 19 year olds.